Comments on Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ ITTypePad2013-03-20T22:01:38ZAndy Towlehttp://www.towleroad.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://www.towleroad.com/2013/03/shockedstatement/comments/atom.xml/Lori commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d42320f1d970c2013-03-22T13:08:15Z2013-03-22T13:08:15ZLori She specifically stated in the original comments that those were her views, and not just the views of other people...<p>She specifically stated in the original comments that those were her views, and not just the views of other people she was speaking for. <br />
So, nice try, but not remotely credible. </p>steve commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c3800b9f2970b2013-03-22T06:22:59Z2013-03-22T06:22:59ZsteveI think her statements are pretty consistent of someone with either several substance abuse problems and/or mental health issues.<p>I think her statements are pretty consistent of someone with either several substance abuse problems and/or mental health issues.</p>lewlew commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fc9f92970b2013-03-21T17:52:41Z2013-03-21T17:52:41ZlewlewListen... it's the sound of another mediocre career going down the drain... Like her lover Fantasia... PFFFFFT!<p>Listen... it&#39;s the sound of another mediocre career going down the drain...</p>
<p>Like her lover Fantasia... PFFFFFT!</p>Redwoodguy commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fc6f06970b2013-03-21T17:20:18Z2013-03-21T17:20:18ZRedwoodguyJust goes to prove how good a Republican she is! She's got the LYING part down perfectly, the "I was...<p>Just goes to prove how good a Republican she is! She&#39;s got the LYING part down perfectly, the &quot;I was misinterpreted&quot; part is equally convincing and all she has to do now is put her hair in a bun, get pregnant, go barefoot and SHUT UP until her Man tells her she can say sumptin. And did you hear??? She&#39;s got a signed poster of Betty Furness actually opening an oven door!!</p>Swiminbuff commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017ee99f8b4c970d2013-03-21T17:17:51Z2013-03-21T17:17:51ZSwiminbuffShe had plenty of time to "clarify" her statement after the initial reaction (fans walked out). Instead she waited to...<p>She had plenty of time to &quot;clarify&quot; her statement after the initial reaction (fans walked out). Instead she waited to take any action until her concert dates started being cancelled. It seems clear that she was not upset about the reaction to her statement but she uspet about the cancelling of her concert dates and the impact that will have on her career and her pocketbook. Never heard of her before don&#39;t expect to hear of her again.</p>Rob commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fbfe02970b2013-03-21T16:11:43Z2013-03-21T16:11:43ZRobIs this woman famous somewhere?<p>Is this woman famous somewhere?</p>Betty Treacle commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d422b440b970c2013-03-21T16:10:34Z2013-03-21T16:10:34ZBetty TreacleShe used the phrase "stridently gay" in her explanation. That says it all really.<p>She used the phrase &quot;stridently gay&quot; in her explanation. That says it all really. </p>Homer commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d422b411e970c2013-03-21T16:08:54Z2013-03-21T16:08:54ZHomerIs she high (on guilt, perhaps)?<p>Is she high (on guilt, perhaps)? </p>Pookie commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fbe833970b2013-03-21T15:58:53Z2013-03-21T15:58:53ZPookieSorry honey, your career is OVER.<p>Sorry honey, your career is OVER.</p>Michael commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017ee99f02ba970d2013-03-21T15:58:04Z2013-03-21T15:58:04ZMichaelYour site needs a Hall of Shame sidebar to house all these clueless assholes. I didn't read, listen, or really...<p>Your site needs a Hall of Shame sidebar to house all these clueless assholes. I didn&#39;t read, listen, or really want to know her opinions about how we should conduct our gay lives as this seems to be how they get their opinions heard. They make anti-gay statements and the Gay press prints them all and gets their word out for them. True, we need to know who is against us but we also need to temper that with giving them the platform that they are seeking to destroy what strides we have made in recent years.</p>Shelly commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fbe4f8970b2013-03-21T15:57:03Z2013-03-21T15:57:03ZShellya3453453452, in my experience people with nuanced views on any issue typically get shouted down in online forums by those...<p>a3453453452, in my experience people with nuanced views on any issue typically get shouted down in online forums by those with fixed, binary, us v them views so tend to steer clear. You can play MadLibs with virtually any comments section on any contentious issue on any partisan board on the internet -- substitute a few key buzzwords and topic-specific insults and they become interchangeable.</p>
<p>Awesome article that perfectly sums up the dominant dynamic at work in these types of brawls:</p>
<p>http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/08/21/the-illusion-of-asymmetric-insight/</p>jamal49 commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fbd8a3970b2013-03-21T15:50:37Z2013-03-21T15:50:37Zjamal49Dear Michelle: Lame apology. Not accepted. Kiss my ass. Hatefully yours, An Ex-Fan<p>Dear Michelle:</p>
<p>Lame apology. Not accepted. Kiss my ass.</p>
<p>Hatefully yours,<br />
An Ex-Fan</p>pardon me, but . . . . commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d422afb16970c2013-03-21T15:28:49Z2013-03-21T15:28:49Zpardon me, but . . . .It's 2013. I can't imagine any defense to the crap she said. She seemed to be fully aware of herself...<p>It&#39;s 2013. I can&#39;t imagine any defense to the crap she said. She seemed to be fully aware of herself and what she said. Even putting it in context. She can express any belief or opinion she has, and its better that the world now knows her true opinion. But she shouldn&#39;t expect to be rewarded it. I don&#39;t think anyone misunderstood. She meant it. It doesn&#39;t matter if I don&#39;t know who she is. If she keeps this up I won&#39;t be the only one.</p>Thomas commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017ee99ecc01970d2013-03-21T15:27:12Z2013-03-21T15:27:12ZThomasWow. Just....wow. I love living in the digital age, where the classic excuse of "but I was misinterpreted!" gets trotted...<p>Wow. Just....wow. I love living in the digital age, where the classic excuse of &quot;but I was misinterpreted!&quot; gets trotted out only to abruptly get stomped down by the actual recording of what was said. </p>Dennis Velco commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fba176970b2013-03-21T15:20:07Z2013-03-21T15:20:07ZDennis Velcohttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=63687If you listen to the complete Audio you'll realize she wrote this empty apology before she knew the audio was...<p>If you listen to the complete Audio you&#39;ll realize she wrote this empty apology before she knew the audio was available. <br />
She out right LIES in here fake apology stating she didn&#39;t say what she did say. <br />
It is very clear. I listened to the entire thing and I would have been one of those audience members demanding she be removed from the stage had I been there. </p>
<p>Thanks for this article and your reporting. What you do is appreciated.</p>
<p>I posted it to my LGBT Group on LinkedIn with over 18,700+ global members to spur members to read your article and to make comment. I also scooped it at Scoop.It on my LGBT Times news mashup.</p>
<p>Link to group &gt;&gt; http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&amp;gid=63687</p>
<p>All LGBT+ and community allies.... please come join me and 18,700+ of your soon to be great connections on LinkedIn. The member base represents 80% of the world&#39;s countries. </p>
<p>Come join us. </p>JackFknTwist commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017ee99e7404970d2013-03-21T14:34:10Z2013-03-21T14:34:10ZJackFknTwisthttp://blogspot.comWhat a self serving piece of unintelligible $hit. Too many words to be sincere. She was caught, she will pay...<p>What a self serving piece of unintelligible $hit.<br />
Too many words to be sincere. She was caught, she will pay !<br />
Clearly she is unhinged and I hope her beloved &quot;End of Days&quot; has arrived ---and not a moment too soon.</p>chasmader commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017ee99e497f970d2013-03-21T14:07:20Z2013-03-21T14:07:20ZchasmaderJust another self hating angry dyke on a rant.<p>Just another self hating angry dyke on a rant.</p>Dan Cobb commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d422a6d36970c2013-03-21T14:00:22Z2013-03-21T14:00:22ZDan CobbI have no idea who this woman is, but she is clearly an unstable, mentally off-balance person. Which makes her...<p>I have no idea who this woman is, but she is clearly an unstable, mentally off-balance person. Which makes her prone to the ideations she has. It must make life difficult for her, and in that I kind of feel sorry for her? Bi-polar disease? Schizophrenia? Whatever.<br />
Anyhow, I think given her mental issues, that she is better suited to have an audience of born-again, extremist religionists who share the same mental incapacity and instability. Every born-again Christian I have ever known has been an unstable person with a history of drug use, alcohol use or sex addiction. </p>Jack M commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37fab643970b2013-03-21T12:47:55Z2013-03-21T12:47:55ZJack MWait, she beat her husband?<p>Wait, she beat her husband?</p>Jeff commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d42299a24970c2013-03-21T11:33:18Z2013-03-21T11:33:18ZJeff@a3453453452 "She's juggling a LOT, ON THE SPOT, TRYING to make a point, that admittedly probably wasn't really well planned-out,...<p>@a3453453452 &quot;She&#39;s juggling a LOT, ON THE SPOT, TRYING to make a point, that admittedly probably wasn&#39;t really well planned-out, and may have been forming *at the time*. But rather than accepting what one of your kin is trying to say, rather than giving her a chance to explain&quot;</p>
<p>She CLEARLY MADE her point, and she had her chance to explain. Did you not read anything, or not comprehend it?</p>
<p>Some have sated that it is sad to see an artist&#39;s career FLAME OUT in such a public way. And to have a personal meltdown documented in such a way. But she asked that it be twittered before she went into her self-destructive rant.</p>
<p>But she still has her so-called Christian family &amp; friends, and so she can find love and happiness there with them, and stay the F away from us.</p>
<p>This needed to happen. as a warning to others who might feel the need to rant hatred in a public venue. See, there is a positive side to this event.<br />
</p>a3453453452 commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d42295dcf970c2013-03-21T10:47:37Z2013-03-21T10:47:37Za3453453452Listen to yourselves... The vast majority are so ready to jump on her for what she said. Intolerance, at the...<p>Listen to yourselves... The vast majority are so ready to jump on her for what she said. Intolerance, at the very least. This is a woman who, from her history, has been in support of your views, shares them. She says something, uh, a little on-the-spot, possibly not very well, uh, previously-thought-out... she&#39;s opening her heart to you, and instead of giving someone on your side the benefit of the doubt, you&#39;re ready to jump on every word said.</p>
<p>Mental illness, many of you call it... yet this is a woman, a grown woman, who is likely much older than most of you. She probably has a shitton more life-experience, probably surrounded herself by various viewpoints most of her life. This is not mental-illness... insanity is believing so firmly in your own view of the world, that you&#39;re unwilling and unable to hear *anything* but what you want to hear... And I&#39;ll say this, from the vast majority of the responses, what you want to hear is either &quot;YAY GAY!&quot; or &quot;BOO GAY!&quot; You heard &quot;BOO GAY&quot; and latched onto it, completely disregarding not only the context of the message, not only the blatantly-obvious moments when her mind was racing trying to not only comprehend what she&#39;s trying to say and what&#39;s being heard... and I will interject here, that she&#39;s probably trying to say something *with way more depth* than just &quot;YAY GAY&quot; or &quot;BOO GAY&quot;... She&#39;s juggling a LOT, ON THE SPOT, TRYING to make a point, that admittedly probably wasn&#39;t really well planned-out, and may have been forming *at the time*. But rather than accepting what one of your kin is trying to say, rather than giving her a chance to explain, you&#39;re all caught up in &quot;well, this is what *I&#39;d* do in this situation... and she didn&#39;t do it, so obviously she&#39;s lying.&quot; You&#39;re not only children, you&#39;re defiant children who think they understand everything about everyone, when you don&#39;t even understand that there&#39;s more to the world than Black or White, &quot;Yay Gay&quot; or &quot;Boo Gay&quot;, there&#39;s more to the world than even the grays inbetween, there&#39;s a whole spectrum of colors... it is indeed your symbol, the rainbow! And beyond just colors, there&#39;re shades, and beyond shades there are opacities, and beyond colors and shades and opacities there is the ability to at least give the benefit of the doubt to someone who&#39;s been your supporter, likely a leader. To at least *listen carefully* without *assuming* she&#39;s either &quot;yay gay&quot; or &quot;boo gay&quot; and instead assume that she&#39;s a grown woman with many perspectives, not multiple personalities, not schitzo, but a person who perceives the world as more than just black or white. </p>
<p>Insanity, true mental illness, is believing so strongly in a single perspective that you can&#39;t see the world any other way. Your willingness to perceive this as a black-and-white issue proves that&#39;s exactly how you perceive the world. You want to gang up on the haters, and rightly-so, but you do it with such fervency that you&#39;re willing to lynch your own leaders.</p>
<p>She&#39;s right, you know... that *is* the truth. When people hold guns at priests heads to marry gays, we&#39;ll know that the truest intolerance is no longer that of the preachers and their followers, but that of the gun-holders. This is not a statement about gays, nor about gays marrying, it&#39;s a statement about people holding so strongly to their perception of the world that they&#39;ll take up arms to enforce it.</p>
<p>I have news for you, and this is probably somewhat along the lines of the &quot;painful truth&quot; that she discussed, the world is less out to get you than you think. And, worse than that, you&#39;re more out to get this ficticious enemy than they are out to get you.</p>
<p>But this is the crux(?) of the matter... is there *really* *anyone* who believes what they&#39;ve stated in these comments? Or is this all just a friggin&#39; game? I could believe that level of black-and-white thinking of children, but of grown people supporting a cause? Are you all so caught-up in your childhood beliefs about how people perceived you as children, your childhood perceptions of others&#39; perceptions, that you&#39;re unable and unwilling to consider that maybe those perceptions were just that, childish? To look at the world with a more mature-perspective that maybe good and evil truly don&#39;t exist, that there are no lynchings of gays by reasonable people, just as there are no guns pointed at preachers?</p>
<p>They&#39;re right to be fearful, if &quot;they&quot; even exist. Very VERY few Americans would side strongly with those who would lynch someone just because they&#39;re gay. On the other hand, as shown in these comments, those same people would join together instantaneously to lynch an alleged lyncher. The end of peace won&#39;t be the rise-up of the KKK, but the rise-up of do-gooders, well-meaning, caring people, who mistakenly perceive the KKK to be a much greater threat than it really is. Like the treatment of the &quot;Communist Threat...&quot; wire-taps on anyone who *might* support anything &quot;non-good.&quot; Yet, everyone who&#39;s not a child or in some way insane realizes there is good in everything, just as there is bad in everything... to what extents? Those are determined only by how its effects. And if *IF* this is a sign of the general consensus of the values and maturity-level of gays, then this is a sure sign that even well-meaning people-loving gays are ultimately leading to evil effects on the world. Not because they&#39;re gay, but because they&#39;re so ready to perceive a black-and-white world like the one many of them escaped, or think they&#39;ve escaped (because it didn&#39;t really exist that way in the first place). Because their black-and-white perception of the world may ultimately lead to a world where white is no longer white, and black is the new white... even though the vast majority would say they&#39;re neither black nor white.</p>
<p>But, I get it, this is all a joke... created to rile up people like me... because I get it, I perceive this world as black-and-white, too... I perceive that people actually perceive the world the way they claim in a stupid online forum, when they&#39;re probably really nothing more than hired-hands from these forums to create something to get riled-up about, or maybe they&#39;re nothing more than really intelligent people pretending to take sides. I perceive that actual people actually write these sorts of comments, and really actually mean them. When, really, the truth must be that there&#39;s no one who sees the world that way, and I must be the one perceiving it with the fewest shades of gray, otherwise I wouldn&#39;t be all riled up in the first place. Yep, clearly I have a persecution complex.</p>
<p>But if you actually believe the things you&#39;ve written, believe that things are so black-vs-white, believe that a leader in your community would suddenly and fervently turn on the community she helped form, believe that an apology and attempted explanation are nothing more than a career move, then you&#39;ve a persecution-complex that&#39;s even sicker. And if you&#39;re willing to publicly ostracize that person without even a days&#39; thought, then your persecution complex is borderline criminal. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.</p>andrew commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37f98dcf970b2013-03-21T09:11:59Z2013-03-21T09:11:59ZandrewI would pi$$ on her if she was on fire but thats because I am a gay man and we...<p>I would pi$$ on her if she was on fire but thats because I am a gay man and we are a bit more sensitive than others. In fact I would pi$$ on her even if she wasn&#39;t on fire, thats just how I roll.</p>andrew commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017c37f97fe5970b2013-03-21T09:02:02Z2013-03-21T09:02:02ZandrewI am so sick of people like her thinking that they have a right to limit the rights and freedoms...<p>I am so sick of people like her thinking that they have a right to limit the rights and freedoms of people like me that I could puke on people like her.</p>millerbeach commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017d422853e1970c2013-03-21T07:31:43Z2013-03-21T07:31:43ZmillerbeachOh, well, oh, well! What do we have here? A lying bigot. Got hates liars, God hates bigots. Therefore, God...<p>Oh, well, oh, well! What do we have here? A lying bigot. Got hates liars, God hates bigots. Therefore, God must hate Michelle. You brought it on yourself, sweetie. Try not to be so mean, and people just MAY pay you to sing. Nah, you&#39;re done. Stick a fork in her. She is done and over. Goodbye, hater. Let this be a lesson to the rest of the haters out there...we don&#39;t take that crap. Go ahead and speak your mind if you must, but understand YOU WILL PAY.</p>FunMe commented on 'Michelle Shocked Backpedals on Anti-Gay Remarks in Statement, Says She Was 'Misinterpreted': READ IT'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017ee99bdd52970d2013-03-21T06:38:36Z2013-03-21T06:38:36ZFunMeYou are a whore! Oh sorryI just meant that you go around having sex withy any guy. SORRY, I was...<p>You are a whore! Oh sorryI just meant that you go around having sex withy any guy. SORRY, I was &quot;misinterpreted&quot;.</p>
<p>You are a lazy Mexican! Oh sorry, I just meant that latinos don&#39;t like to work ... right away. SORRY, I was &quot;misinterpreted&quot;.</p>
<p>You are woman, the weaker sex and lazy I might add. <br />
Oh sorry, I just meant that you go around having sex withy any guy. SORRY, I was &quot;misinterpreted&quot;.</p>